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Expansion Supplements to Cooperative Agreements within the Office of Refugee Resettlement's Unaccompanied Children's Program, 95143 2016-31062 Coast Guard Coast Guard RULES Drawbridge Operations: Chambers Creek, Steilacoom, WA, 95040-95041 2016-31058 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 95154-95160 2016-31250 2016-31200 2016-31201 2016-31245 2016-31247 2016-31248 Commerce Commerce Department See Economics and Statistics Administration See Industry and Security Bureau See International Trade Administration See National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Entity List Requests, 95108 2016-31162 Comptroller Comptroller of the Currency NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Financial Management Policies—Interest Rate Risk, 95302-95303 2016-31149 Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery, 95301-95302 2016-31148 Defense Department Defense Department See Engineers Corps NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities;

Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 95121-95122 2016-31078 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Payment of Subcontractors, 95141-95142 2016-31130 Economics Statistics Economics and Statistics Administration NOTICES Charter Renewals: Commerce Data Advisory Council, 95108 2016-31224 Education Department Education Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Application for Grants under the Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities Program, 95123-95124 2016-31152 Employment and Training Employment and Training Administration NOTICES Meetings:

Workforce Information Advisory Council, 95198-95199 2016-31137 Energy Department Energy Department See Federal Energy Regulatory Commission RULES Freedom of Information Act Regulations; Revisions, 94915-94922 2016-31337 Procedural Rules for Nuclear Activities, 94910-94914 2016-31150 Engineers Engineers Corps NOTICES Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: New Haven Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, New Haven, CT, 95122-95123 2016-31210 Environmental Protection Environmental Protection Agency RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: Kentucky; RACM Determination for the KY Portion of the Louisville Area 1997 Annual PM2.5, 95041-95043 2016-31023 Louisiana; Redesignation of Baton Rouge 2008 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment, 95051-95052 2016-30776 New York; Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality and Nonattainment New Source Review, 95047-95050 2016-31018 Wisconsin; Infrastructure SIP Requirements for the 2012 PM2.5 NAAQS, 95043-95047 2016-31017 PROPOSED RULES Air Quality State Implementation Plans;

Approvals and Promulgations: California; Mendocino County Air Quality Management District; Stationary Source Permits, 95074-95078 2016-31028 Indiana; Emissions Statements Rule, 95080-95081 2016-31045 Indiana; Redesignation of the Indiana portion of the Cincinnati, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Area to Attainment of the 2008 Ozone Standard, 95081-95097 2016-31044 Maryland; 2016 Nitrogen Oxides Averaging Plan Consent Agreement with Raven Power, 95078-95079 2016-31025 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants:

Publicly Owned Treatment Works, 95352-95396 2016-30471 Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support Rule, 95097 2016-31263 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Air Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface Impoundment and Containers, 95136-95137 2016-31165 Information Requirements for Boilers and Industrial Furnaces, 95138 2016-31164 NESHAP for Aerospace Manufacturing and Rework Facilities, 95135 2016-31166 NESHAP for Area Sources:

Acrylic and Modacrylic Fibers Production, Carbon Black Production, Chemical Manufacturing, etc., 95133-95134 2016-31168 NESHAP for Stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines, 95134 2016-31167 New Source Performance Standards for Stationary Gas Turbines, 95132-95133 2016-31160 Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices Under Section 17(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 95131-95132 2016-31159 Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas: Impacts from the Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle on Drinking Water Resources in the United States, 95135-95136 2016-31034 Meetings:

Chartered Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) and the CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen Primary National Ambient Air Quality Standards Review Panel, 95137 2016-31217 Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration RULES Airworthiness Directives: AgustaWestland S.p.A. (Agusta) Helicopters, 94946-94949 2016-30285 Airbus Helicopters, 94942-94944, 94954-94956 2016-30048 2016-30116 Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH Helicopters, 94944-94946 2016-30053 The Boeing Company Airplanes, 94949-94954, 94956-94958 2016-29247 2016-30278 Extension of the Prohibition Against Certain Flights Within the Damascus

(OSTT)Flight Information Region (FIR), 94958-94961 2016-31237 PROPOSED RULES Airworthiness Directives: Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. Helicopters, 95066-95068 2016-30051 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Alternative Pilot Physical Examination and Education Requirements, 95265 2016-31234 Medical Standards and Certification, 95265-95266 2016-31233 Federal Communications Federal Communications Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 95138-95139 2016-31068 Federal Emergency Federal Emergency Management Agency NOTICES Major Disaster Declarations: Florida; Amendment No. 4, 95160 2016-31076 Florida; Amendment No. 8, 95161 2016-31072 South Carolina; Amendment No. 8, 95161 2016-31071 Major Disasters and Related Determinations: Tennessee, 95160 2016-31070 Federal Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 95127-95128 2016-31096 Applications: Portland Natural Gas Transmission System, 95124 2016-31095 Combined Filings, 95128-95129 2016-31147 Environmental Reviews: Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; B-System Project, 95131 2016-31094 Qualifying Conduit Hydropower Facilities: Alma, CO, 95129-95130 2016-31093 Louisville, CO, 95125-95126, 95130-95131 2016-31090 2016-31091 2016-31092 Federal Financial Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council RULES Description of Office, Procedures, and Public Information, 94937-94941 2016-30696 Federal Highway Federal Highway Administration NOTICES Meetings: Emergency Route Working Group, 95266-95267 2016-31243 Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System RULES Liquidity Coverage Ratio: Public Disclosure Requirements; Extension of Compliance Period for Certain Companies to Meet the Liquidity Coverage Ratio Requirements, 94922-94932 2016-30859 Rules Regarding Availability of Information, 94932-94937 2016-30670 2016-30674 NOTICES Changes in Bank Control: Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company, 95139-95140 2016-31179 Federal Trade Federal Trade Commission NOTICES Consent Orders: Turn, Inc., 95140-95141 2016-31132 Fish Fish and Wildlife Service RULES Endangered and Threatened Species: Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances, 95053-95056 2016-31060 NOTICES Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances Policy, 95164-95175 2016-31061 Endangered and Threatened Species Compensatory Mitigation Policy, 95316-95349 2016-30929 Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Otay River Estuary Restoration Project, South San Diego Bay Unit of the San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 95176-95177 2016-31266 Meetings: Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council; Teleconference, 95175-95176 2016-31261 Food and Drug Food and Drug Administration RULES Food Additives: Permitted in Feed and Drinking Water of Animals; Feed Grade Sodium Formate, 95026-95027 2016-31079 New Animal Drugs: Use in Animal Feed; Approval of New Animal Drug Applications; Withdrawal of Approval of New Animal Drug Applications, 94991-95025 2016-31083 Withdrawal of Approval of New Animal Drug Applications, 95025-95026 2016-31082 New Animal Drugs; Oral Dosage Form: Approval of New Animal Drug Applications, 94987-94991 2016-31084 PROPOSED RULES Guidance: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Facility Registration; Seventh Edition, 95068-95069 2016-31193 NOTICES Guidance: Factors to Consider Regarding Benefit-Risk in Medical Device Product Availability, Compliance, and Enforcement Decisions, 95143-95145 2016-31145 Meetings: Coordinated Registry Network for Devices Used for Acute Ischemic Stroke Intervention; Public Workshop, 95145-95146 2016-31143 Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, 95147 2016-31144 Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Study of Non-Response to the School Meals Application Verification Process, 95101-95102 2016-31181 Food Safety Food Safety and Inspection Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Procedures for the Notification of New Technology and Requests for Waivers, 95099-95100 2016-31252 Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures and Pathogen Reduction/HACCP, 95098-95099 2016-31246 Foreign Assets Foreign Assets Control Office NOTICES Blocking or Unblocking of Persons and Properties, 95303-95307 2016-31073 Forest Forest Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Special Use Administration, 95102-95106 2016-31214 General Services General Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Payment of Subcontractors, 95141-95142 2016-31130 Health and Human Health and Human Services Department See Centers for Disease Control and Prevention See Children and Families Administration See Food and Drug Administration See Health Resources and Services Administration See Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department See National Institutes of Health See Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Health Resources Health Resources and Services Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Forms for Use with Applications to the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and Bureau of Health Workforce Research and Training Grants, 95147-95148 2016-31080 HRSA-Supported Women's Preventive Services Guidelines, 95148-95150 2016-31129 Homeland Homeland Security Department See Coast Guard See Federal Emergency Management Agency See U.S. Customs and Border Protection NOTICES Employment Authorization: Nepali F-1 Nonimmigrant Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship as a Direct Result of the April 25, 2015 Earthquake, 95161-95162 2016-31158 Housing Housing and Urban Development Department NOTICES Certain Operating Cost Adjustment Factors for 2017, 95162-95164 2016-31206 Industry Industry and Security Bureau RULES Commerce Control List: Updates Based on the 2015 and 2016 Nuclear Suppliers Group Plenary Meetings; Conforming Changes and Corrections to Certain Nuclear Nonproliferation Controls, 94971-94974 2016-31120 Export Administration Regulations: Burma; Amendment of Regulations Consistent with an Executive Order that Terminated U.S. Government's Sanctions, 94962-94963 2016-31208 Russian Sanctions: Addition of Certain Entities to the Entity List, and Clarification of License Review Policy, 94963-94971 2016-31124 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export Transactions and Boycott Actions, 95108-95109 2016-31169 Technical Data Letter of Explanation, 95109-95110 2016-31161 Inspector General Health Inspector General Office, Health and Human Services Department NOTICES Requirements and Registrations: The Simple Extensible Sampling Tool Challenge, 95150 2016-31182 Interior Interior Department See Fish and Wildlife Service See Land Management Bureau See National Park Service See Ocean Energy Management Bureau See Office of Natural Resources Revenue Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Service NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 95307-95309 2016-31202 2016-31204 International Trade Adm International Trade Administration NOTICES Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's Republic of China, 95114-95118 2016-31157 Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China, 95110-95114 2016-31156 Meetings: Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee, 95110 2016-31190 International Trade Com International Trade Commission NOTICES Index and Description of Major Information Systems and Availability of Records, 95192 2016-31069 Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Carbon Spine Board, Cervical Collar, CPR Masks and Various Medical Training Manikin Devices, and Trademarks, Copyrights of Product Catalogues, Product Inserts and Components Thereof, 95192-95194 2016-31074 Certain Network Devices, Related Software and Components Thereof, 95194-95195 2016-31086 Certain Woven Textile Fabrics and Products Containing Same, 95195-95196 2016-31085 Meetings; Sunshine Act, 95191-95192 2016-31295 Justice Department Justice Department NOTICES Applications for Membership: National Commission on Forensic Science; Additional Statistician Commission, 95196-95197 2016-31232 Proposed Consent Judgment under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 95197-95198 2016-31142 Labor Department Labor Department See Employment and Training Administration See Mine Safety and Health Administration Land Land Management Bureau NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Resource Management Plan for the San Luis Valley Field Office, CO, 95180-95181 2016-31223 Realty Actions: Proposed Non Competitive Conveyance of Public Lands for Airport Purposes in Clark County, NV, 95178-95180 2016-31219 Requests for Nominations: National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, 95177-95178 2016-31216 Mine Mine Safety and Health Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Qualification/Certification Program Request for Mine Safety and Health Administration Individual Identification Number, 95199-95200 2016-31139 Petitions for Modification of Application of Existing Mandatory Safety Standards, 95199 2016-31138 NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Payment of Subcontractors, 95141-95142 2016-31130 Meetings: Advisory Council Science Committee Earth Science Subcommittee, 95200-95201 2016-31141 National Credit National Credit Union Administration NOTICES Privacy Act; Systems of Records, 95201-95202 2016-31209 National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts NOTICES Meetings: Arts Advisory Panel, 95202 2016-31191 National Foundation National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities See National Endowment for the Arts National Highway National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NOTICES Coordinated Remedy Program Proceedings: Third Amendment to the Coordinated Remedy Order with Annex A, 95267-95293 2016-31065 National Institute National Institutes of Health NOTICES Meetings: Center for Scientific Review, 95152 2016-31172 Clinical Center, 95153 2016-31171 Council of Councils, 95150-95151 2016-31178 National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, 95153 2016-31173 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 95152 2016-31174 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 95152-95153 2016-31175 National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, 95151-95152 2016-31180 National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 95151 2016-31177 National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 95151 2016-31176 National Oceanic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RULES Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic: Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Revision of Bycatch Reduction Device Testing Manual, 95056-95059 2016-31067 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska: Inseason Adjustment to the 2017 Gulf of Alaska Pollock and Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch Amounts, 95063-95065 2016-31163 Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area, 95062-95063 2016-31151 Reallocation of Pacific Cod in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska, 95063 2016-31155 Fisheries of the Northeastern United States: Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery; 2017-2018 Fishing Quotas, 95060-95062 2016-31077 Summer Flounder Fishery; Commercial Quota Harvested for Connecticut, 95060 2016-31194 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 95118-95119 2016-31134 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Greater Atlantic Region Gear Identification, 95119 2016-31192 Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances Policy, 95164-95175 2016-31061 Fisheries of the South Atlantic: Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review; Data Workshop for Atlantic blueline tilefish (Caulolatilus microps), 95121 2016-31048 Meetings: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 95119-95121 2016-30999 National Park National Park Service NOTICES National Register of Historic Places: Pending Nominations and Related Actions, 95181-95183 2016-30680 National Science National Science Foundation NOTICES Antarctic Conservation Act Permit Applications, 95202-95203 2016-31153 Antarctic Conservation Act Permits, 95202 2016-31154 National Resources Natural Resources Conservation Service NOTICES Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: Mississippi Trustee Implementation Group Draft 2016-2017 Restoration Plan, 95106-95108 2016-31064 Nuclear Regulatory Nuclear Regulatory Commission NOTICES Meetings; Sunshine Act, 2016-31329 95203-95204 2016-31348 Occupational Safety Health Rev Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission RULES Regulations Implementing the Freedom of Information Act, 95035-95040 2016-31133 Ocean Energy Management Ocean Energy Management Bureau NOTICES Gulf of Mexico Central Planning Area Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sale 247, 95185-95190 2016-31218 Records of Decision: Gulf of Mexico, Outer Continental Shelf, Central Planning Area Oil and Gas Lease Sale 247, 95191 2016-31222 Natural Resources Office of Natural Resources Revenue NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Solid Minerals and Geothermal Collections, 95183-95185 2016-31063 Personnel Personnel Management Office RULES Veterans' Preference, 94909 2016-30893 Pipeline Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 95294-95301 2016-31221 Random Drug Testing Rates: Contractor Management Information System Reporting; and Obtaining Drug and Alcohol Management Information System Sign-In Information, 95293-95294 2016-31220 Postal Regulatory Postal Regulatory Commission PROPOSED RULES Changes to Procedures for the Freedom of Information Act, 95069-95071 2016-30905 Statutory Review of the System for Regulating Market Dominant Rates and Classifications, 95071-95074 2016-31052 NOTICES Postal Rate and Related Classification Changes, 95204-95205 2016-31075 Securities Securities and Exchange Commission NOTICES Self-Regulatory Organizations; Proposed Rule Changes: Bats BYX Exchange, Inc., 95226-95232 2016-31115 Bats BZX Exchange, Inc., 95252-95260 2016-31110 BOX Options Exchange LLC, 95206 2016-31105 Chicago Board Options Exchange, Inc., 95219-95225, 95236-95238 2016-31102 2016-31113 Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc., 95238-95241 2016-31100 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., 95247-95250 2016-31112 International Securities Exchange, LLC, 95260-95263 2016-31114 ISE Gemini, LLC, 95216-95219 2016-31117 ISE Mercury, LLC, 95211-95213 2016-31116 NASDAQ BX, Inc., 95232-95236, 95241-95243 2016-31101 2016-31107 NASDAQ PHLX LLC, 95206-95210 2016-31106 NASDAQ Stock Market LLC, 95213-95216, 95243-95247, 95250-95252 2016-31108 2016-31109 2016-31111 NYSE MKT LLC, 2016-31103 95205-95206 2016-31104 Small Business Small Business Administration RULES Small Business Mentor Protege Programs; Correction, 94941-94942 2016-30873 NOTICES Meetings: National Small Business Development Centers Advisory Board, 95263 2016-31135 State Department State Department NOTICES Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition: Gold and Steel—The Deering Family Galleries of Medieval and Renaissance Art, Arms, and Armor, 95264 2016-31119 Delegations of Authority: Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs of Authority to concur with Secretary of Defense Institution Capacity Building Programs, 95263-95264 2016-31199 Designations as Global Terrorists: Saleck Ould Cheikh Mohamedou aka Saleck Ould Cheikh, 95264-95265 2016-31196 Meetings: International Maritime Organization's Sub-Committee on Human Element, Training and Watchkeeping; Fourth Session, 95264 2016-31056 Substance Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration NOTICES Requests for Information: Protecting Our Infants Act Report to Congress, 95154 2016-31228 Transportation Department Transportation Department See Federal Aviation Administration See Federal Highway Administration See National Highway Traffic Safety Administration See Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Treasury Treasury Department See Comptroller of the Currency See Foreign Assets Control Office See Internal Revenue Service RULES Importations of Certain Vehicles and Engines Subject to Federal Antipollution Emission Standards, 94974-94979 2016-31050 Importations of Certain Vehicles and Engines Subject to Federal Antipollution Emission Standards: Toxic Substance Control Act Chemical Substance Import Certification Process Revisions, 94980-94986 2016-31055 NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals, 95309-95310 2016-31212 Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Analyses of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, 95310-95312 2016-31238 Guidance: Stand-Alone Cyber Liability Insurance Policies under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program, 95312-95313 2016-31244 Customs U.S. Customs and Border Protection RULES Importations of Certain Vehicles and Engines Subject to Federal Antipollution Emission Standards, 94974-94979 2016-31050 Importations of Certain Vehicles and Engines Subject to Federal Antipollution Emission Standards: Toxic Substance Control Act Chemical Substance Import Certification Process Revisions, 94980-94986 2016-31055 Veteran Affairs Veterans Affairs Department NOTICES Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: State Approving Agency Reports and Notices, 95313-95314 2016-31118 Separate Parts In This Issue Part II Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service, 95316-95349 2016-30929 Part III Environmental Protection Agency, 95352-95396 2016-30471 Reader Aids Consult the Reader Aids section at the end of this issue for phone numbers, online resources, finding aids, and notice of recently enacted public laws. To subscribe to the Federal Register Table of Contents electronic mailing list, go to https://public.govdelivery.com/accounts/USGPOOFR/subscriber/new, enter your e-mail address, then follow the instructions to join, leave, or manage your subscription. 81 248 Tuesday, December 27, 2016 Rules and Regulations OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 5 CFR Part 211 RIN 3206-AN47 Veterans' Preference AGENCY: U.S. Office of Personnel Management. ACTION: Interim rule with request for comments. SUMMARY: This rule implements statutory changes pertaining to veterans' preference. We are making this change in response to the Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015, which broadened the category of individuals eligible for veterans' preference to provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in the civil service. This action will align OPM's regulations with the existing statute. DATES: Effective December 27, 2016. Comments must be received on or before February 27, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at *http://www.regulations.gov.* All submissions received through the Portal must include the agency name and docket number or Regulation Identifier Number

(RIN)for this proposed rulemaking. You may also send, deliver, or fax comments to Kimberly A. Holden, Deputy Associate Director for Recruitment and Hiring, Employee Services, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Room 6351D, 1900 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20415-9700; email at *employ@opm.gov* or fax at

(202)606-2329. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roseanna Ciarlante by telephone on

(267)932-8640, by fax at

(202)606-4430, by TTY at

(202)418-3134, or by email at *Roseanna.Ciarlante@opm.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 7, 2015, the Gold Star Fathers Act of 2015 (the “Act”) was enacted as Public Law 114-62. The Act provides an amendment to the eligibility criteria for veterans' preference purposes by amending subparagraphs

(F)and

(G)to 5 U.S.C. 2108(3). The amendment provides that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in the civil service. The Act also changes the requirements for parents of such veterans to qualify for this preference. The Act replaces 5 U.S.C. 2108(3)(F) to state that the parent of an individual who lost his or her life under honorable conditions while serving in the armed forces during a war, in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, or during the period beginning April 28, 1952, and ending July 1, 1955, is eligible for preference if the spouse of that parent is totally and permanently disabled; or that parent, when preference is claimed, is unmarried or, if married, legally separated from his or her spouse. The Act also replaces 5 U.S.C. 2108(3)(G) to state that the parent of a service-connected permanently and totally disabled veteran is eligible for preference if the spouse of that parent is totally and permanently disabled; or that parent, when preference is claimed, is unmarried or, if married, legally separated from his or her spouse. OPM is amending 5 CFR 211.102(d) to state that a “preference eligible” is “a veteran, disabled veteran, sole survivor veteran, spouse, widow, widower, or parent who meets the definition of `preference eligible' in 5 U.S.C. 2108.” This amendment replaces the word “mother” with the word “parent” to conform to the statutory definition. Waiver of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), I find that good cause exists for waiving the general notice of proposed rulemaking. Waiver of advance notice is necessary to ensure that the regulations become effective immediately, and that agencies understand their obligations under 5 U.S.C. 2108(3) and do not unwittingly deny veterans' preference based upon the outdated existing regulations. If OPM's regulations were permitted to remain as written while OPM solicited comments upon its proposed revisions, parents of certain deceased and disabled veterans may be inadvertently denied veterans' preference in Federal hiring based upon the current language in regulations. Accordingly, the notice otherwise required is impracticable because it would impede due and timely execution of agencies' functions. The revised language in this interim rule will ensure parents of certain deceased and disabled veterans receive their statutory entitlement to veterans' preference. E.O. 12866, Regulatory Review This rule has been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with Executive Order 12866. Regulatory Flexibility Act I certify that this regulation would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities because it affects only Federal employees. List of Subjects in Title 5 CFR Part 211 Government employees, Veterans. U.S. Office of Personnel Management Beth F. Cobert, Acting Director. Accordingly, OPM is amending part 211 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, as follows: PART 211—VETERAN PREFERENCE 1. Amend § 211.102 by revising paragraph

(d)introductory text to read as follows: § 211.102 Definitions.

(d)*Preference eligible* means a veteran, disabled veteran, sole survivor veteran, spouse, widow, widower, or parent who meets the definition of “preference eligible” in 5 U.S.C. 2108. [FR Doc. 2016-30893 Filed 12-23-16; 8:45 am]

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